diff --git a/src/gtk/utilsgtk.cpp b/src/gtk/utilsgtk.cpp
index 384344934f..34a16108a3 100644
--- a/src/gtk/utilsgtk.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/utilsgtk.cpp
@@ -418,11 +418,11 @@ wxGUIAppTraits::GetStandardCmdLineOptions(wxArrayString& names,
 {
     wxString usage;
 
-    // check whether GLib version is greater than 2.6 but also lower than 2.33
+    // check whether GLib version is lower than 2.39
     // because, as we use the undocumented _GOptionGroup struct, we don't want
-    // to run this code with future versions which might change it (2.32 is the
+    // to run this code with future versions which might change it (2.38 is the
     // latest one at the time of this writing)
-    if (glib_check_version(2,33,0))
+    if (glib_check_version(2,39,0))
     {
         usage << _("The following standard GTK+ options are also supported:\n");